Learn further about the highly endangered GOLDEN CONURE (Queen of Bavaria) from a specialized breeder of Golden Conures living in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Golden Conure Diet

BLOG 2.GOLDEN
CONURE DIET

The following is what we feed all our
breeding pairs of Golden Conures.

Apple

Grapes

Carrot

Celery

Cucumber (Skinned)

Beans

Spinach

Green, Red and Yellow peppers

Sweet Potato (cooked)

Pumpkin (cooked)

Butternut (cooked)

Sweet corn

Pellets

Soaked seed mixture, made from: wheat, millet, corn, and small amounts of
sunflower

HOWEVER – Sunflower seed alone should NOT
be given to the Golden Conures as a stable diet, but rather in small doses per
serving. Pellets, veggies and fruit should instead be their main stable diet
with small amounts of soaked seed mixture mixed in.

I know that the subject of giving ANY
sunflower seed to Golden Conures is a very controversial topic by many breeders
etc – but I believe that they need high levels of protein in their diet, and
reasonable levels of fat. Soaked seed (if you soak it beforehand for up to 12
hours before, and wash before serving) then turns the fat levels in the
sunflower, into protein fat. (Which they need)!

In our experience with hand raising Golden
Conures, and also speaking with other breeders that live here inside South
Africa, we all agree that when hand raising baby Golden Conures – you MUST have
them on a formula that has a high fat and protein intake – specified for feeding
Hyacinth macaws, Green wing macaws and Buffon Macaws. If you don’t have them on
such a formula – the dieing rate of chicks is extremely high.

Why do I make such comments about a high
fat and protein formula?

Well, Golden Conures have been categorised
under the Conure family of the ARATINGA
tribe, but in more recent years, with further studying been done on them, it
seems that they are more likely to be related to the macaw family than to the
conure family, and the macaw family needs a lot higher level of protein and fat
in their stable diet.

O.K – we have spoken of high levels of
protein and fat, but - I want to say
that Golden Conures also need a high level of Vitamin A in their daily diet.

For Vitamin A – we give the following
veggies to our Golden Conures daily: